Open Road Films, which produced the film, "Spotlight" issued a statement acknowledging that a scene depicting Boston College spokesman Jack Dunn never happened in the manner in which it was conveyed on film.

“I went to see the movie the day it debuted in Boston,” Jack Dunn told Newscenter 5. “I literally got sick.”

Dunn said he felt sick at the portrayal in the film because it represented the exact opposite of how he felt about clergy abuse. Producers of the film said his words were pure fiction, used for dramatic effect.

“We acknowledge that Mr. Dunn was not part of the Archdiocesan cover-up,” wrote Open Road Films in a statement. “It is clear from his efforts on behalf of the victims at BC High that he and the filmmakers share a deep, mutual concern for victims of abuse.”

Dunn, a father of four, said the past few months have been devastation for him and his family. “This insinuation of being in the know about the biggest scandal in the history of the church -- it was just devastating because it wasn’t true,” said Dunn. “I got through it because I’m a person of faith.”

Even though this was a devastating episode for Dunn, he says it doesn’t compare to the suffering victims of clergy abuse endured.

“I was keenly aware of the fact that I had been victimized,” said Dunn. “But I could never equate my victimization with that of people who had suffered the ultimate betrayal.”